This video reads the exact opposite backwards as forward.

Not only does it read the opposite, the meaning is the exact opposite.

This is only a 1 minute, 44 second video and it is brilliant!

Make sure you read as well as listen…forward and backward.

This is a video that was submitted in a contest by a 20-year old.  

into spontaneous applause.  So simple and yet so brilliant.

Take a minute and watch it.

“I’ll tell them to do everything,” said the former World Cup winner.

“They have to leave their lives on the pitch.

“Behind them is a whole country who haven’t enjoyed a victory for a long time.

“They are so excited at the moment. Argentina depend on this team to be able to get up in the morning with a smile on their faces.”

Can Gonzalo Higuain, Carlos Tevez,  Diego Milito and the brightest star of all, Lionel Messi, (who has shrugged off a virus to play) defeat the very strong German team?

Should be a GREAT Match!

A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee… You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, ‘Tell me what you see.’

‘Carrots, eggs, and coffee,’ she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it.. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.

Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked,‘What does it mean, mother?’

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.

‘Which are you?’ she asked her daughter. ‘When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

Think of this: which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.

The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can’t go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end, you’re the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

You might want to send this message to those people who mean something to you; to those who have touched your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile when you really need it; to those who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down; to those whose friendship you appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your life.

May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!!

The Wimbledon marathon man looked weary from the outset Friday, required treatment for a neck injury and was beaten by unseeded Thiemo de Bakker 6-0, 6-3, 6-2.

Isner received a standing ovation when he walked onto court. He immediately lost his serve — something that didn’t happen once in his 70-68 fifth set against Mahut.

Isner also pulled out of the doubles match after his loss.

Most Impressive was Mahut’s class act after losing the longest match in Tennis History. What stood out, was that he served from behind 69 times!!!

Officials asked him to stay on the court for special awards and publicity for Wimbledon. Mahut was obviously very upset but he acted with grace and dignity. His actions and performance will be remembered for many years to come.

Gonzalo Higuain scored Argentina’s first hat trick at a World Cup in 12 years, leading his team to a 4-1 victory over South Korea on Thursday to steal the spotlight from Lionel Messi.

The forward scored with a header at the far post in the 33rd minute at Soccer City and added goals in the 76th and 80th minutes as Argentina moved to the top of Group B with six points.

Gabriel Batistuta had scored Argentina’s last World Cup hat trick, against Jamaica at the 1998 tournament in France. He also scored three goals against Greece at the 1994 edition in the United States.

The only other Argentine to score a hat trick in a World Cup game was Guillermo Stabile in a 6-3 win over Mexico at the inaugural event in Uruguay in 1930.

Group A

South Africa – One nation, proudly united under one rainbow

France – All together for a new dream in blue

Mexico – It is time for a new champion!

Uruguay – The sun shines upon us. Go Uruguay!

Group B

Argentina – Last stop: Glory

South Korea – The Shouts of Reds, United Republic of Korea

Nigeria – Super Eagles super fan united we stand

Greece – Greece is everywhere!

Group C

England – Playing with Pride and Glory

United States – Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Victory!

Algeria – Star and crescent with one goal: Victory!

Slovenia – With eleven brave hearts to the end

Group D

Germany – On the road to get the Cup!

Australia – Dare to Dream, Advance Australia

Ghana – The hope of Africa

Serbia – Play with the heart, lead with a smile!

A pub boss has instilled some World Cup spirit in his staff by convincing them to change their names to Wayne Rooney.

Ten staff at the Shakespeare Inn in Manchester city centre made the switch by deed poll to show their support for the striker and the England squad.

Boss Chris Hilditch hopes his stars behind the bar will enthuse customers during the tournament.

But asked whether he had led by example and followed suit, he replied: “No, I’m the boss – Fabio Capello.”

The staff all applied for a change of name through the UK Deed Poll Service and were granted their new names on Friday.

They will all wear T-shirts bearing their new names during the tournament to make sure customers know what to call them.

One Wayne Rooney, formerly Joanne Hill, 23, kitchen staff at the Bay Horse, said they had all decided to change their names in a show of support for the England squad during the tournament in South Africa.

She said: “The managers wanted to do something so we all sat down and decided to do this. It’s to show our support for England and show how much we’re behind them.”

Barmaid Wayne Rooney, aka Katie Hyett, told the BBC her family had yet to hear about her new moniker.

“I haven’t told them yet, it’s still a surprise,” the 24-year-old said.

“But my boyfriend is a bit shocked I’m now Wayne. He’s a Liverpool fan so he’s been sleeping on the sofa in protest.”

It is a sentiment shared by Andy Wilkinson, managing director of pub owner Clover Taverns, who has replicated the idea across the country – after changing his name to Sepp Blatter.

“We have over 100 Wayne Rooneys working throughout the country for the whole of the World Cup and I’m glad to say that we have 10 Fabio Capellos keeping them in control,” he said.

A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience,

raised a glass of water and asked, “how heavy is this glass of water?”

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, “The

absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long you try to hold

it.”

“If I hold it for a minute, that’s not a problem. If I hold it

for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day,

you’ll have to call an ambulance. In each case, it’s the same weight,

but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”

He continued, “And that’s the way it is with stress management.

If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden

becomes increasingly heavy, we won’t be able to carry on. As with the

glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before

holding it again. When we’re refreshed, we can carry on with the

burden.”

“So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work

down. Don’t carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Whatever burdens

you’re carrying now, let them down for a moment if you can.” “Relax;

pick them up later after you’ve rested. Life is short. Enjoy it!

And then he shared some ways of dealing with the burdens of

life:

* Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re

the statue.

* Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have

to eat them.

* Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in

the middle of it.

* Drive carefully. It’s not only cars that can be recalled by

their maker.

* If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

* If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it

was probably worth it.

* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as

a warning to others.

* Never buy a car you can’t push.

* Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because

then you won’t have a leg to stand on.

* Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.

* Since it’s the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep

late.

* The second mouse gets the cheese.

* When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.

* Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you

live.

* You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be

the world to one person.

* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

* We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are

pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different

colors, but they all have to live in the same box.

* A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a

detour.

Have an awesome day!